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The genus Sphaeranthus is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sphaeranthus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Sphaeranthus africanus Burm.f.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus africanus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus africanus Wall.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm.f.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus angolensis O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus angustifolius Sch.Bip. ex Oliv. & Hiern	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus angustifolius DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus angustifolius Sch.Bip.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus bullatus Mattf.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus chandleri Ross-Craig	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus chinensis L.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus confertifolius Robyns	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus cotuloides DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus crispus Zipp. ex Span.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus cristatus O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus epigaeus Schinz	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus fischeri O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus flexuosus O.Hoffm. ex De Wild.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus flexuosus O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus foliosus Ross-Craig	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus globosus Wall. ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus greenwayi Ross-Craig	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus indicus L.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus indicus Kurz	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus indicus Gaertn.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus integrifolius L.f. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus kirkii Oliv. & Hiern	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Sphaeranthus laevigatus Wall. ex DC.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus mimetes Ross-Craig	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus mossambiquensis Steetz	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus mozambiquensis Steetz	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus neglectus R.E.Fr.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus nubicus Sch.Bip. ex Schnizl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus oppositifolius Ross-Craig	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus ovalifolius Muschl.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus paniculatus Cass.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus peduncularis DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Sphaeranthus peguensis Kurz ex C.B.Clarke	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus ramosus (Klatt) Mesfin	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus randii S.Moore	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus salinarum Symoens	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus samburuensis Beentje	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus senegalensis DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus similis Kers	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus sinensis J.F.Gmel.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus spathulatus Peter	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus steetzii Oliv. & Hiern	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus strobiliferus Boiss. & Noë	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus stuhlmannii O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus suaveolens (Forssk.) DC.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus ukambensis Vatke & O.Hoffm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11	1
Sphaeranthus wattii Giess ex Merxm.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus zavattarii Cufod.	Accepted		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus zeylanicus Heyne ex Wall.	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11
Sphaeranthus zeylanicus Heyne & Robyns	Unresolved		TICA	2012-02-11

Statistics

The Plant List includes 112 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sphaeranthus. Of these 34 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sphaeranthus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 112 species names for the genus Sphaeranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	34	30.4%
◕	Synonym	56	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	19.6%

All names

The status of the 129 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sphaeranthus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	28.7%
◕	Synonym	70	54.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	22	17.1%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 112 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sphaeranthus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	34	56	0	0	90	80.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	22	22	19.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Sphaeranthus is as follows: